Poet-Palooza Poetry show November 16, 2024 on zoom!
FEATURED PERFORMERS
AJ Houston
Edith Blackbird
amanda shea
AJ would say he has been a writer & poet all his life. He spends his days with pen and paper attempting to discover his nothings to create everything from. “A poem should not say but be.” Is a quote he carries with him as a motto. One of his favorite quotes he has penned is, “if a picture is worth a thousand words each poem should be wort
AJ would say he has been a writer & poet all his life. He spends his days with pen and paper attempting to discover his nothings to create everything from. “A poem should not say but be.” Is a quote he carries with him as a motto. One of his favorite quotes he has penned is, “if a picture is worth a thousand words each poem should be worth a thousand pictures.” The description of writing and painting has to be the same process is the goal he offers to students in his create it writing classes. Creating a formidable follow through with every day is his answer to anyone pouting writers block or being stuck in pause while writing. His ninth book published is “Steel Black” by Not Just Alphabets with the name AJ Houston as author. It is a privilege and a goal to publish enough books to be considered the author of his personal library, which would mean he has to publish at least 5 books a year. May we all be better stewards of the gifts we’ve been blessed with and may writing free your mind to dream bigger as you unlimit yourself.
Instagram: @ajwordartist
amanda shea
Edith Blackbird
amanda shea
Amanda Shea is a two-time Boston Music Award-winning Spoken Word Artist. Shea is an artist, performer, educator, artivist, publicist, host, and curator. She co-founded and curated six iterations of Activating ARTivism, a community festival to amplify POC through art, activism, and resistance. Her work can be found in the Museum of Fine Ar
Amanda Shea is a two-time Boston Music Award-winning Spoken Word Artist. Shea is an artist, performer, educator, artivist, publicist, host, and curator. She co-founded and curated six iterations of Activating ARTivism, a community festival to amplify POC through art, activism, and resistance. Her work can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts, The Boston Globe, TEDX, TEDXRoxbury, Netflix, Prime Video, BBC News, GBH, and much more. Shea will be releasing her first book, “Pieces of Shea” in the Spring of 2024. Amanda's work examines her personal life experiences, social justice issues, and healing through trauma utilizing art as the tool.
Edith Blackbird
Edith Blackbird
Edith Blackbird
Edith “Blackbird” is a queer writer/poet/performer with a “Declamation Style” from Mexico. There in 2005, she placed second in a nationwide poetry contest. In 2007, The Sonora University published her in their anthology “Realidad Aleatoria”. Now in the USA, Edith attends live events sharing her bilingual art. She has been published in the
Edith “Blackbird” is a queer writer/poet/performer with a “Declamation Style” from Mexico. There in 2005, she placed second in a nationwide poetry contest. In 2007, The Sonora University published her in their anthology “Realidad Aleatoria”. Now in the USA, Edith attends live events sharing her bilingual art. She has been published in the “Austin Poetry Society” anthology in 2020. That same year, Edith has been featured in the “Lion and Pirate” event, facilitated by Malvern Books, and in the “Waterfront Immersive Arts Festival”, then the following year as well. Edith was published in the “SINEW: 10 Years of Poetry in The Brew'' anthology in 2021. She has also been interviewed in the “Hearsay Poetry” podcast. Edith currently co-host a monthly virtual open mic called “Lenguas” that promotes cultural diversity and art.
Her social media: 1. Facebook Writer Page: https://www.facebook.com/edithblackbirdfly 2. Facebook Lenguas Page: https://www.facebook.com/lenguasdiversity 3. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/e.blackbirdfly/ 4. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlackbirdEdith
Ericka Floyd
Edith Blackbird
Edith Blackbird
Born Born Ericka Monique Marsh from the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn. September 14. But last residence in Brooklyn was in the East New York part, near Linden Boulevard. Ericka left New York in the summer of 1979 to move to Asheboro, North Carolina. Left North Carolina in 1988 to go into the United States Air Force, where she did one ter
Born Born Ericka Monique Marsh from the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn. September 14. But last residence in Brooklyn was in the East New York part, near Linden Boulevard. Ericka left New York in the summer of 1979 to move to Asheboro, North Carolina. Left North Carolina in 1988 to go into the United States Air Force, where she did one term but had two duty stations during that time, one at Hurlburt Field Florida and one in Europe at Zaragosa airbase Spain.
Ericka spent 6 1/2 years in Europe affording her the opportunity of living in three countries Spain Germany and Belgium. During the time at Hurlburt Field Florida, she met and married the father of her four children in 1990, whom she is now divorced from.
From the union, three women and one young man were born. Also during that time of marriage, she had the opportunity to live in Colorado Springs Colorado for four years as well as Maryland for one year, and now lives in Greenville, South Carolina since 2002.
She started writing poetry more frequently right after the pandemic. So she is still a baby in this.
The GyEXP
Josephine LoRe
Holly Wilson
The GYExp has been representing Hampton Roads, Virginia both nationally and internationally. He has remained a member of the adult slam poetry team, The Verb Benders, currently ranked third nationally and eighth internationally. Springs 2023 The GYExp became a published author releasing his first poetry book, P.O.T.S. Peace Over Thrown St
The GYExp has been representing Hampton Roads, Virginia both nationally and internationally. He has remained a member of the adult slam poetry team, The Verb Benders, currently ranked third nationally and eighth internationally. Springs 2023 The GYExp became a published author releasing his first poetry book, P.O.T.S. Peace Over Thrown Storms. This nationally featured experience, gives back by performing, mentoring (peer and youth artist ), and leading workshops to develop other’s light. GYE leads with a message of light, inviting each audience to be present. To connect with The GYE to perform, host events, facilitate workshops, and or to render motivational/ inspirational speaking via both e-mail and social platforms @TheGYExp. Aren’t you ready to G.Y.E. Get Your Experience.
Social handle is: TheGYExp
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Holly Wilson
Josephine LoRe
Holly Wilson
Holly Wilson’s book of poetry, Assorted Snapshots, was published in 2018 by Beatlick Press. She has also been published in various anthologies, including the Fixed and Free Anthology, The Malpaís Review, and the Poets Speak Anthologies. For several years, she was one of the Beatlick Sisters, doing performance poetry. Currently, Holly host
Holly Wilson’s book of poetry, Assorted Snapshots, was published in 2018 by Beatlick Press. She has also been published in various anthologies, including the Fixed and Free Anthology, The Malpaís Review, and the Poets Speak Anthologies. For several years, she was one of the Beatlick Sisters, doing performance poetry. Currently, Holly hosts two monthly poetry readings, one at the Tortuga Gallery in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as well as the online Hollyhock Farm Open Poetry Readings.
Josephine LoRe
Josephine LoRe
Josephine LoRe
A pearl in this diamond world … Josephine LoRe has shared her poetry live on stage and in global zoom-rooms. Her words have been put to music, danced, interpreted in ASL, and integrated into visual art. She has three collections: Unity and the bestsellers The Cowichan Series and In My Father’s House. Individual poems have been published
A pearl in this diamond world … Josephine LoRe has shared her poetry live on stage and in global zoom-rooms. Her words have been put to music, danced, interpreted in ASL, and integrated into visual art. She has three collections: Unity and the bestsellers The Cowichan Series and In My Father’s House. Individual poems have been published in literary magazines and anthologies in 15 countries and 5 languages. Readings may be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX66VoVBUi5MI11HWPaUSXA
Josephine has taught writing workshops, served as editor and judge, and is active in a number of Canadian, American, and international poetry societies. In 2023, her poem “Enough” was selected for an award-winning Feed the Children video PSA. Josephine has been invited to share her words in the New Mexico Poetry Summit in September 2024.
Karen Petersen
Josephine LoRe
Josephine LoRe
Karen's life has been an extraordinary one. In High School, at a time when no woman's varsity team was given funding, she was one of the first to play nationally on a men's varsity tennis team, a radical move which helped to establish Title IX. At Vassar College she developed a large record collection, and became known for winning a b
Karen's life has been an extraordinary one. In High School, at a time when no woman's varsity team was given funding, she was one of the first to play nationally on a men's varsity tennis team, a radical move which helped to establish Title IX. At Vassar College she developed a large record collection, and became known for winning a bet where she ate ten hot fudge sundays in exchange for another student's rare jazz collection. After college, she was one of only a few women nationally to be writing about jazz and salsa in the major metropolitan market of New York City, publishing in Latin NY magazine and the Soho Weekly News. During this period, she met Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, whose enthusiasm for the new field of electronic music inspired her to become interested in the art of recording. After calling almost every studio in New York for an apprenticeship and being repeatedly turned down, she finally found a studio who would train her. In addition to a woman working on the West Coast, Karen became one of America's first women recording engineers and record producers, later going on to work for Chappell Music/Polygram and earning two gold records.
A chance meeting with a combat photojournalist from Mexico at a NYC party led her to leave behind what was the endless sexism of the music business for the camaraderie of overseas journalism, and she became a combat photojournalist--only one of five women in the world. During that time, she was the first to report on the translocation of the endangered rhino in Zimbabwe for WCS, and in 1989 she was the first Western print journalist to go into the jungles of Myanmar and interview General Khun Sa, the King of the Opium Trade, a piece which ran in People magazine in June 1990.
After a series of injuries, later in life she designed educational video games, one which taught physics to kids and the other which was the first cognitive rehab game for patients with traumatic brain injury. She is now focusing on a literary career which will stand as her final legacy.
Karen Petersen's poems, short stories, and flash have appeared in a variety of national and international literary magazines and anthologies. Her poems have been translated into Persian and Spanish. She has read at the KGB Bar in NYC, Teatro Paraguas, the Santa Fe Public Library, and at the Yeats Festival in Santa Fe. She was also responsible for "The Badlands are Everywhere" evening honoring Malpais Review and editor Gary Brower, at Teatro Paraguas in 2017, and for co-organizing and participating in the "All-Star Poetry Reading" at the Center for Progress and Justice in Santa Fe in 2018. In 2019 she was one of the judges and participants in the Santa Fe Telepoem Booth, a national poetry/art installation project. In 2020 she was asked to be one of the state judges in the National Poetry Out Loud competition created by the NEA and Poetry Foundation.
As a photojournalist and foreign correspondent, Karen had assignments for The New York Times, Newsweek, Harper's, The Nation, People, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Forward, German GEO, Wildlife Conservation, The Universal Press Syndicate, Hortus, The London Daily Telegraph, The Times of London, Rolling Stone, U.S. News & World Report, Travel & Leisure, Scholastic, Unicef, UNDP, USIA and the World Bank.
Marcial delgado
Marcos Cervantes
Marcos Cervantes
Marcial Delgado is a poet, devoted husband, and a construction worker from Albuquerque, NM.
He is also the host and organizer for the vibrant and welcoming space known as Voices of the Barrio Open Mic Poetry at El Chante: Casa de Cultura in the heart of downtown Albuquerque.
In 2017, Delgado became the Abq Slams City Champion. Marcial alo
Marcial Delgado is a poet, devoted husband, and a construction worker from Albuquerque, NM.
He is also the host and organizer for the vibrant and welcoming space known as Voices of the Barrio Open Mic Poetry at El Chante: Casa de Cultura in the heart of downtown Albuquerque.
In 2017, Delgado became the Abq Slams City Champion. Marcial along with the 2017 Abq Slams Team went on to become the SouthWest Shootout Regional Group Piece Champions in Laredo, TX. In 2019, Delgado was part of the Mindwell Slam Team and traveled to Fayetteville, NC for the Southern Fried Regional Poetry Slam. He has been featured in the Albuquerque Journal and La Bloga.
His poetry has also been featured in Burque Soul, Desert Blood (2 Pens & Lint), Those Poets Are All Bad, Huh! Collaborative Art and Fire Spitting, and Stronger Than Stigma Poetry From The 2019 Mindwell Poetry Slam Team. In early 2020 Marcial captured the Mindwell Slam Albuquerque City Championship and was nominated to the Albuquerque Poet Laureate Program.
Marcial Delgado is just a vato from the barrio who fell in love with writing and poetry.
https://labloga.blogspot.com/.../marcial-delgado-it-takes...
https://www.abqjournal.com/1201885/feeding.html
https://www.bkwrks.com/sell-me-insanity
https://www.goodreads.com/.../52466840-those-poets-are...
https://www.amazon.com/Stronger-Than-Stigma.../dp/1091004528
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Marcos Cervantes
Marcos Cervantes
Marcos Cervantes
Marcos Cervantes III is a father, adventurer, information consultant, poet, photographer, certified trauma informed life coach and professional wearer of many hats.
A true creative originally from New Orleans and growing up in Dallas he has always been right brain led.
His journey has led him through many experiences and given him a uniqu
Marcos Cervantes III is a father, adventurer, information consultant, poet, photographer, certified trauma informed life coach and professional wearer of many hats.
A true creative originally from New Orleans and growing up in Dallas he has always been right brain led.
His journey has led him through many experiences and given him a unique perspective on the millions of shades of grey in being human.
IG @lifejuggernaut
Marissa Prada
Marcos Cervantes
Marissa Prada
Marissa Prada is a poet, author, spoken word artist, and publisher from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was nominated for the City of Albuquerque Poet Laureate in 2024.
Marissa began writing poetry in high school. She has read at multiple local and international events. Her work ranges from social justice issues, to humorous parody pieces, t
Marissa Prada is a poet, author, spoken word artist, and publisher from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was nominated for the City of Albuquerque Poet Laureate in 2024.
Marissa began writing poetry in high school. She has read at multiple local and international events. Her work ranges from social justice issues, to humorous parody pieces, to sensual and sexy erotica.
Marissa hosts weekly online open mics at The Word is Write and has hosted live in person at the Nuyorican Poets Café in New York City. She was recently a featured reader at the NYC Poetry Festival.
Marissa is the founder of the Albuquerque-based press, Read or Green Books, and is the Co-Founder and Creative Director for The Word is Write on Facebook & Instagram. Marissa is a founding member of the worldwide women’s poetry group, Tesoro. She has been included in multiple international poetry anthologies, magazines, and journals. She has three books of poetry available for purchase through Read or Green Books.
Her motto is, if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” -African Proverb.
IG: @PoetryandSomePrada
@TheWordisWrite
@ReadorGreenBooks
FEATURED PERFORMERS
Moody Black
Priceless Black / Black Noise
James "Mr. Speaker" Sears
Moody Black is a spoken-word, hip-hop & visual artist, actor, story-teller & photographer from Spartanburg, S.C. Moody fuses a blend of Hip-Hop, Soul, and Poetry. Moody Black has been a performing artist since the age of twelve. He is a prominent force on a multi-regional poetry scene through his enthusiastic live shows & strong work ethi
Moody Black is a spoken-word, hip-hop & visual artist, actor, story-teller & photographer from Spartanburg, S.C. Moody fuses a blend of Hip-Hop, Soul, and Poetry. Moody Black has been a performing artist since the age of twelve. He is a prominent force on a multi-regional poetry scene through his enthusiastic live shows & strong work ethic. His impressive achievements include: (South Carolina) Winner of the Coffee Beanery Freestyle Contest, 2001; Spartanburg Poetry Slam Winner, 2004; member of the Upstate Poetry Slam Team 2004-present & Slam Coach from 2006-present; featured poet for Band-Aids (AIDS Awareness Program), featured several times in Spartanburg Herald Journal & The Link; performed at several elementary, junior and senior high schools, universities & colleges. Host at several poetry venues in the upstate; poem published in Still Home (Book of Spartanburg Poets); 2009 Poetry Slam Instructor for USC-Upstate’s Upward Bound Program; competed in The Southern Fried Poetry Slam Competitions 2004-present; competed in PSI’s National Poetry Slam 2004-2008; special guest performer at the 27th Annual Evening of Talent Expressions at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium; featured artist at the Travelers Rest Arts Commission annual Arts Festival, 2007 in Traveler Rest / featured poet for the North Charleston Arts Festival May 2008, Stone Soup Story Telling Festival. 2009 & 2010/ featured poet for the Annual Piccolo Spoleto Festival, The Peace Day Festival, featured poet for the annual Chautaugua Festival since 2008, one of the artists to opened for Trey Songz at The Carolina First Center, and at The 3rd Annual Millican Festival. Moody was a presenter at the 2011 TedX Greenville SC Event, and the 2011 Pecha Kucha Greenville SC. In addition, Moody Black is the Coffee Underground Grand Poetry Slam Champion of 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. 2012 Poetry finalist in the 1st Ignite the Mic Talent Show at TD Convention Center, and Champion of the 2nd and 4th Annual Slam Madness Poetry Slam Competition, 2012 Grind Flu Magazine Spoken Word Artist of the year, and tied for first place in the Southern Fried Poetry Slam Slam Master’s Slam (2012 Tampa FL & 2013 New Orleans, LA), co-host & co-organizer of the 22nd Annual Southern Fried Poetry Slam, 2015 National Poetry Awards Host of the Year & Open Mic Venue of the Year. Greetings & 2017 All Def Poet.www.iammoodyblack.comTwitter & Instagram: @iammoodyblack http://www.facebook.com/iammoodyblack http://www.moodyblack.bandcamp.com
James "Mr. Speaker" Sears
Priceless Black / Black Noise
James "Mr. Speaker" Sears
James Mr. Speaker Sears is a retired Army officer originally from Louisville, KY. He is an event host, motivational speaker, spoken word artist, track coach, and professional mentor with the Steve Harvey Summer Camp.
He is a highly decorated Soldier, a former adjunct professor for Saint Leo University, the author of two books, producer of
James Mr. Speaker Sears is a retired Army officer originally from Louisville, KY. He is an event host, motivational speaker, spoken word artist, track coach, and professional mentor with the Steve Harvey Summer Camp.
He is a highly decorated Soldier, a former adjunct professor for Saint Leo University, the author of two books, producer of 5 poetry CDs, and he has four combat tours.
Mr. Speaker is all about mentoring our youth, supporting veteran’s issues, being a champion for victims, and taking the art of spoken word to the next level.
Ms Lovely AZ
Priceless Black / Black Noise
Priceless Black / Black Noise
Amanda Wynn is a CEO/Owner of multiple Arizona-based companies. Trinity Promotion Solutions is where it all started. Trinity is a Phoenix-based printing & promotion company that has helped 100's of entrepreneurs & small businesses grow, helped numerous corporations create new ways of advertising while bringing them into the non profit wo
Amanda Wynn is a CEO/Owner of multiple Arizona-based companies. Trinity Promotion Solutions is where it all started. Trinity is a Phoenix-based printing & promotion company that has helped 100's of entrepreneurs & small businesses grow, helped numerous corporations create new ways of advertising while bringing them into the non profit world.
Support District Radio Network is a network designed with multiple stations in major cities to bring purpose to platform & serve the community by giving real people voices & providing a system of support.
Support District Television was added as we expanded our digital world giving us access media in a new way with a deeper reach into our communities & allowed us to tap into major markets for those in need.
Guarded Hope (Non-Profit) is the reason we work so hard in all areas. We are able to create solutions & serve in love to those in need.
There are multiple campaigns that target specific areas of our community from the unhoused community, to educational programs, women's groups, and more.
This is where the work pays off. Changing lives, saving lives by being present & available in service to one another.
Besides being a entrepreneur, Lovely is a dedicated mother, community advocate, writer, and radio personality. She also has an amazing product line started with a natural fragrance called Be Lovely, by Amanda Wynn. Since then it has grown into a fragrance line with multiple products available. Can't have perfume without accessories and clothing right? So a clothing line was born with an ore of products for men, women, and children.
All cash handles @MsLovelyAZ
Priceless Black / Black Noise
Priceless Black / Black Noise
Priceless Black / Black Noise
Priceless Black is the founder of Black Noise Open Mic and Black Noise Youth Initiative is from Milwaukee, Wi. He hosts a monthly virtual open mic the 3rd Friday each month at The Word is Write on Facebook.
He is the author of self-titled book, Priceless, a collection of poetry that give you a peek into his real life. Priceless has been wr
Priceless Black is the founder of Black Noise Open Mic and Black Noise Youth Initiative is from Milwaukee, Wi. He hosts a monthly virtual open mic the 3rd Friday each month at The Word is Write on Facebook.
He is the author of self-titled book, Priceless, a collection of poetry that give you a peek into his real life. Priceless has been writing from a young age. He has performed all over the DFW metroplex, San Antiono, Houston and Mississippi. After a three-year hiatus, he has found his way back to his purpose Poetry.
the poet rosegold
the poet rosegold
the poet rosegold
Jennifer K. Yancey, a.k.a. The Poet RoseGold, hails from “the real Gotham City” – a Bronx, New York native who discovered Poetry at 15 and began using it as a more creative way of communicating with the world. Coupled with her 20-year career as an Army photojournalist, Poet RoseGold knew how to capture the human condition in real time thr
Jennifer K. Yancey, a.k.a. The Poet RoseGold, hails from “the real Gotham City” – a Bronx, New York native who discovered Poetry at 15 and began using it as a more creative way of communicating with the world. Coupled with her 20-year career as an Army photojournalist, Poet RoseGold knew how to capture the human condition in real time through her lens and record its consciousness with her pen. She jokingly refers to her work as “Incendiary Redbone Poetry,” highlighting the injustices tarnishing the American landscape; spirituality; intimacy; self-love/Black love; mental health; and (past) life in the military. Poet RoseGold’s voice has crossed time zones virtually and in-person, through podcasts and numerous community engagements, including an appearance on the “red-dot stage” at TEDx Colorado Springs, in 2019. Poet RoseGold is also a member of TESORO – a newly-formed organization whose purpose is to hold safe space internationally for women “word-warriors” to “do their work.” Poet RoseGold’s work has been featured in several anthologies: Between a Laugh and a Tear (1991); Love Letters to Gaia (2021); The Cuddy Family Foundation For Veterans Poetry Journal Volume One and The Cuddy Family Foundation For Veterans Poetry Journal Volume Two (2021); Poet Speak Magazine, issue #40 (2021); Rising Voices: Poems Toward A Social Justice Revolution (2022); These Fought in Any Case: A Collection of Poems and Short Stories by Veterans (2022); and I Can’t Breathe, vol. 2 (2022). Her debut Poetry book, Poetry Is A Love Language (But First, Lemme Tell You Something … ) is slated for a late 2023 release.
FB: The Poet RoseGold
IG: @thepoetrosegold
Rich Boucher
the poet rosegold
the poet rosegold
Rich Boucher resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rich has been a member of poetry slam teams representing cities all across the U.S., including twice representing Albuquerque. Rich’s poems have appeared in The Nervous Breakdown, Menacing Hedge, Neon, Bending Genres and Stink Eye, among others, and he has work forthcoming in the December v
Rich Boucher resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rich has been a member of poetry slam teams representing cities all across the U.S., including twice representing Albuquerque. Rich’s poems have appeared in The Nervous Breakdown, Menacing Hedge, Neon, Bending Genres and Stink Eye, among others, and he has work forthcoming in the December volume of the Fixed and Free Quarterly. Rich is BOMBFIRE Magazine’s Associate Editor, and he is the author of All Of This Candy Belongs To Me. Visit richboucher.bandcamp.com for more. He loves his life with his love Leann and their sweet cat Callie.
Links:
IG: fabulism24
Bandcamp: richboucher.bandcamp.com
Book on Amazon: All Of This Candy Belongs To Me.
Sandi Horton
the poet rosegold
Shelly Barnett
Sandi Horton lives in Waco, TX. She loves to compose and perform songs for Native American Flute and read her poetry. She was honored to be selected for second place 'Best Flute Single in 2022' by One World Music Radio. Her third solo CD, 'Native Flute Journeys-3' was released in January 2023. In June 2023, she performed in London, UK at
Sandi Horton lives in Waco, TX. She loves to compose and perform songs for Native American Flute and read her poetry. She was honored to be selected for second place 'Best Flute Single in 2022' by One World Music Radio. Her third solo CD, 'Native Flute Journeys-3' was released in January 2023. In June 2023, she performed in London, UK at the Majic Forest Arts Showcase. In the summer of 2021, she participated in a week long retreat with R. Carlos Nakai in Montana. In the fall of 2023, Sandi spent another week at a flute retreat with R. Carlos Nakai. In April 2019, Sandi performed her music and poetry at the ARAS Art and Psyche International Conference in Santa Barbara, California. Sandi completed a BME (music) from Texas Tech University and a MS (Ed Psy.) from Baylor University. She worked in public schools as a band director and school counselor for 20 years. For more information, check out Sandi's website - https://nativeflute4.wordpress.com or her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/nativeflutejourneys. Her music can be heard at https://insighttimer.com/sandihorton or her You Tube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@SandiHorton/videos
In 2022, Sandi performed solo native flute songs at 109 Zoom meetings online, she performed at 46 live venues.
She performs original solo Native Flute on three hour long CDs. She is the chairperson of the Waco WordFest and is the editor of its yearly international anthology for ten years. Four books of her original poetry are also available on Amazon.
Shelly Barnett
the poet rosegold
Shelly Barnett
Bio for Shelly "Badassia" Barnett:
Poetry became a lifelong passion when she was 7 years old. Her work appeared in school publications and local arts magazines in Portland, OR, as well as in pockets of lovers, family and friends.
Choosing an unknown life in New Mexico 6 years ago, Shelly discovered Open Mic Poetry in Albuquerque in early
Bio for Shelly "Badassia" Barnett:
Poetry became a lifelong passion when she was 7 years old. Her work appeared in school publications and local arts magazines in Portland, OR, as well as in pockets of lovers, family and friends.
Choosing an unknown life in New Mexico 6 years ago, Shelly discovered Open Mic Poetry in Albuquerque in early 2019. After a year of attending 4 to 5 monthly events, she spoke her truths even when her voice shook. Her first book, Upward Spiral, a powerful anthology by 4 women from Silver City, was released last November and its whirling energy for the future continues.
Her work boldly speaks to the present, fighting injustices and instigating good trouble.
Shelly is the co-founder of the Silver City Poetic Outlaws and hosts 3 Open Mic events monthly, all diverse in presentation, yet all inclusive. She also teaches youth to embrace and create poetic work that amazes themselves.
As the "Poet Lariat" of Silver City, she rounds up old and new voices that need to be heard.
Handles:
Shelly Badassia
Poet "Lariat" of SC Poetic Outlaws
Shockie g
Sooz Kallila
Sooz Kallila
Shockie G is a black, lesbian, spoken word Poet. Currently the two-time Grand Slam Champion in Pittsburgh, PA. She has won multiple slam competitions both online and in person. You can find samples of her work within Read or Green’s “Out Loud” LGBTQ Anthology, Nymeria Publishing’s “Descendants of Medusa” Anthology and a previous self-publ
Shockie G is a black, lesbian, spoken word Poet. Currently the two-time Grand Slam Champion in Pittsburgh, PA. She has won multiple slam competitions both online and in person. You can find samples of her work within Read or Green’s “Out Loud” LGBTQ Anthology, Nymeria Publishing’s “Descendants of Medusa” Anthology and a previous self-published chapbook “Shattered Emotions Scattered Thoughts.” You can catch her in and out of open mics, workshops and other spaces that allow for connection with our communities.
She launched her debut poetry collection in 2023 through Read or Green Books titled "In Lieu of Flowers" and is available at www.ShockieGpoetry.com.
Sooz Kallila
Sooz Kallila
Sooz Kallila
Sooz Kalila (means Sweetheart) in Arabic. I was born in the Middle East in Isfahan Iran in 1978. My dad was an American Helicopter Engineer and we were living there from 1976 to 1978. My background is half Korean and Half German with 25 percent Irish Scottish. I have been dancing for 34 years. Ballet was my first dance when i was little
Sooz Kalila (means Sweetheart) in Arabic. I was born in the Middle East in Isfahan Iran in 1978. My dad was an American Helicopter Engineer and we were living there from 1976 to 1978. My background is half Korean and Half German with 25 percent Irish Scottish. I have been dancing for 34 years. Ballet was my first dance when i was little. Since then I have learned several styles, such as Classical Egyptian Cabaret, Turkish, Tribal Fusion Belly Dance, Bhangra, Salsa, Korean Fan Dance, Hula, Country Two Step, Tango, Waltz, Ballroom Partnership Dancing, Swing and many more dances. I have studied hula and Tahitian for 3 years at a dance school. My style is a mixture of elegant classical Egyptian with hypnotizing raw technique hip movements to fun sassy hot electric hips bumps ! I release my tropical goddess! You can too! I believe in teaching and learning raw technique to flourish beyond yourself! Want something that will be astounding and tired of being stuck on the same level? Land of Roses and my training will get you to flourish beyond your inner dance passion!Website Info : landofrosesdance.comFacebook Social Account is Sooz Kalila Belly Dance :https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064129391073Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@SoozKalila10 percent off Ad for 1st Time Purchase :https://landofrosesdance.com/land-of-roses-home-page/ola/services/2-months-mother-s-day-special-10-percent-off
FEATURED PERFORMERS
Stacy Dyson
Terri Rose Jertson
Teresa Gallion
Stacy Dyson is a Black woman poet who explores/illuminates the life and times of the Black woman. She is the founder /lead poet of TESORO.
With shows in Oklahoma, Massachusetts, California, Nebraska, South Dakota, Louisiana, Colorado, and Texas, she has released six chapbooks and five CDs Her play FANNIE’S GIRLS: A 4-1-1 IN 5-PART ATTITUDE
Stacy Dyson is a Black woman poet who explores/illuminates the life and times of the Black woman. She is the founder /lead poet of TESORO.
With shows in Oklahoma, Massachusetts, California, Nebraska, South Dakota, Louisiana, Colorado, and Texas, she has released six chapbooks and five CDs Her play FANNIE’S GIRLS: A 4-1-1 IN 5-PART ATTITUDE is a 2000 Colorado Women’s Playwriting Festival winner.
Former Poet Laureate for Imagination Celebration (Colorado Springs), CEO/lead poet of DragonsWing (Colorado Springs), and Page to Stage:Women's Voices (San Diego),
she is touring with her latest collections, LOVELY AND SUFFERING and FOLLOW ME ON THIS, and building TESORO one firesinger at a time.
IG:@saintraines
Teresa Gallion
Terri Rose Jertson
Teresa Gallion
Teresa E. Gallion is a seeker on a journey to work on unfolding spiritually in this present lifetime. Writing is a spiritual exercise for Teresa. Her passions are traveling the world and hiking the mountain and desert landscapes of the western United States. Her journeys into nature are nurtured by the Sufi poets Rumi and Hafiz. The land
Teresa E. Gallion is a seeker on a journey to work on unfolding spiritually in this present lifetime. Writing is a spiritual exercise for Teresa. Her passions are traveling the world and hiking the mountain and desert landscapes of the western United States. Her journeys into nature are nurtured by the Sufi poets Rumi and Hafiz. The land is sacred ground and her spiritual temple where she goes for quiet reflection and contemplation. She has published four books: Walking Sacred Ground, Contemplation in the High Desert, Chasing Light, a finalist in the 2013 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards and her most recent book, Scent of Love, a finalist in the 2021 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. She has two CDs, On the Wings of the Wind and Poems from Chasing Light. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. Website: http://teresagallion.yolasite.com/ Publisher: http://www.innerchildpress.com/teresa-e-gallion.php
Terri Rose Jertson
Terri Rose Jertson
Terri Rose Jertson
Terri Rose Jertson is an artist, wife, mother and peer recovery specialist who took up poetry in 2020 as a way to cope with the new normal. She regularly attends open mics at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Phynnecabulary, The Word is Write, Nomadic Press, Tumblewords Project, Society X, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series (BWOMS), Like a Blot from th
Terri Rose Jertson is an artist, wife, mother and peer recovery specialist who took up poetry in 2020 as a way to cope with the new normal. She regularly attends open mics at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Phynnecabulary, The Word is Write, Nomadic Press, Tumblewords Project, Society X, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series (BWOMS), Like a Blot from the Blue, Bronx Art & Fun Hub, Poetry in the Brew, and has featured on FUMFA Poets & Writers Live, Why Open Pandora's Box, the Forever S7even and Mitch's Salon poetry events. Interview on Poets with Purpose on YouTube Her poems “Living like a Tree” and "Magnolia Trees" have been chosen for publication in the anthology entitled, “Whispering Willow: Tree Poems”. The proceeds of this book will benefit Arbor Day with the expected release in Spring 2022.
Her poem Black Doves Old Loves, was chosen to be included in the anthology “The NJ Bards Anthology” available for purchase.
Terri has also been chosen to be one of the artists to read her poems entitled, “An Ode to the Daisy” and “Little Bird” on the NPR podcast, “Poetically Yours”. Her first solo poetry book “The Chameleon Chronicles” Words Never Spoken has been published and is a contributor in the erotic anthology entitled "Touching Tongues" both with Read or Green Books. You can find her on Theresa Rose Jertson on Facebook and on Instagram at @ifunniezmom (https://www.instagram.com/ifunniezmom)
Victory
Terri Rose Jertson
Terri Rose Jertson
Victory is a writer, painter, graphic designer and poet originally from Texas.
She's been performing her poetry on stage for over 20 years and has been a member of several slam teams that competed at the annual National Poetry Slam. In 2004 she graced the finals stage as a member of the Dallas Slam Team that took 3rd place at the National
Victory is a writer, painter, graphic designer and poet originally from Texas.
She's been performing her poetry on stage for over 20 years and has been a member of several slam teams that competed at the annual National Poetry Slam. In 2004 she graced the finals stage as a member of the Dallas Slam Team that took 3rd place at the National Poetry Slam in St. Louis, MO against over 80 teams. Over the years she has performed on radio, podcasts and live on stage, bringing her poetry to as many ears as possible.
She has performed at many poetry festivals, including the Austin International Poetry Festival and the Fermoy International Poetry Festival in Ireland. Her work can also be found in several anthologies, including “Not Dead Yet: An Anthology of Survivor Poetry” and "The 2014 Blue Max Review".
In 2022, Victory relocated to New Mexico. She came seeking fresh inspiration and new road trips. She continues to write and paint.
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